The harrowing incident happens so fast, you have to pause the video step-by-step to see how he made it out alive.
www.thedrive.com
Everything lined up just so for this to happen. Had Sam not opened the shop door, it probably would have stopped the Scion in the first place. Had he not thought twice and turned around to slide the rear lift forward, he wouldn’t have been directly in line with the car. And had he not tripped over the front lift while backpedaling, his torso might have borne the brunt of the impact. Instead, his head is perfectly positioned between the tow bar brackets and the toolbox, which makes for a scarier visual but ultimately a safer result.